Kapurthala man duped of Rs 2.9 lakh in ‘overseas job scam’

A case of alleged job fraud has surfaced in Kapurthala, where a local resident has accused two individuals from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh of duping him of nearly Rs 3 lakh on the pretext of securing employment abroad.

According to complaint filed by Rajiv Chauhan, a resident of Urban Estate, Kapurthala, the accused promised him a position at RMIT University in Australia. In pursuit of this, Chauhan reportedly transferred a total of Rs 2,94,600 across multiple transactions into an HDFC Bank account (No. 50100646560454, IFSC HDFC0000088). Bank records revealed that the account was registered in the name of Vishal Buttan, a resident of Rampark Extension, Haqiqatpur, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.

The complainant further alleged that repeated calls were made to him pressuring for quick deposits into the bank account. Investigation traced these calls to two mobile phone numbers, one registered in the name of Harendra Kumar, a resident of Patna, Bihar, and the other to Vishal Buttan, a resident of Ghaziabad.

A case was registered on September 20, 2024 at the Kapurthala city police station. While no official charges have yet been framed, police sources confirmed that both individuals have been named during an inquiry.

The police are now probing the matter further, treating it as a suspected case of cheating and cyber-enabled financial fraud.

Jalandhar